THE "SHIP” LITERARY READERS. III. LESSON 1. A Brave Deed. cruis'-ing na'-ture fright'-ened splut'-ter-ing rous'-ing ex-plode' ap-point' for-tress or'-dered vig'-or-ous as-ton'-ished be-sieged' Span'-ish at-ten'-tion in-ter-rupt'-ed re-ceived' po-si'-tion car'-ry-ing Med-i-ter-ra'-ne-an 1. About a year after Tom Black's appointment in the British Navy, war broke out with Spain, and the "Hector" was ordered to the Spanish coast. After cruising about for a month or two, she joined with two other British vessels in an attack on a fortress, on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, which was at the same time besieged by a land force. 2. Early in the morning the three vessels opened fire on the fort, which soon replied in a vigorous fashion, sending bomb-shells and cannon balls all around them, and sometimes knock |